In today’s first reading,
Exodus 11: 10-12:14, the story of Israel’s
deliverance from slavery continues with detailed instructions of how to
prepare for that day. The blood of the
slaughtered lamb—a lamb with no blemishes (a symbol of Jesus, whose
blood will set us free from sin)— is to be sprinkled on “the two doorposts and
the lintel of every house in which they partake of the lamb.” The angel of death will pass over these
homes. To this day, the Jewish people
hand a Mezusah on the doorpost of their homes to remind them of God’s
prominence in their lives, that the Lord their God is one and that they are to
keep God in the forefront of their minds and hearts throughout the day.
It behooves each of us,
also, to have reminders that also keep
us mindful of God’s role in our lives, of God’s gift of salvation through the
life, the death and the resurrection of His Son, through whom we, too, are
delivered from death: the death of sin and selfishness, of pride and lust, of
slothfulness and hatred.
One of the ways that I
keep God at the center of my life is by beginning and ending each day with communal prayer: “Morning Praise” and “Evening Praise”. Personally, I follow “Morning Praise” with an
hour of personal prayer before starting work at 8-8:30 a.m and I close the day
with “Consciousness Examine,” a Jesuit practice of thanking God, in a journal
entry, for the blessings of the day,
looking at where and how I experienced God’s presence or absence throughout the
day and why.
What helps you keep God at the center of your day?
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